Microsoft canceled their free Live Product Upload, for those of you who don’t know what the service did, it was similar to the Google Shopping Engine. As an online merchant I had very high hopes for this program because of the runaway success of Google’s Program.
It is being replaced by the Cashback program which Microsoft launched last year in a partnership with Ebay and quickly spread to the rest of the web. It offers a percentage back to they buyer’s Paypal account if and only when a sale is made.
Live Product Upload page http://www.bing.com/productupload/SorryPage.aspx
Live Cashback Page http://www.bing.com/shopping/pages/howtouse.aspx?FORM=R5FD3
Yahoo was hit with a one-two punch Monday–first a right jab from Carl Icahn, which is calling for the removal of Yahoo’s entire board, and then a left hook from Microsoft, which confirmed its support for Icahn’s proxy fight and said it’s interested in negotiating a deal with a “new” Yahoo board.
Yahoo!’s Board of Directors continues to stand ready to enter into negotiations with Microsoft Corporation for an acquisition of Yahoo!. Indeed, as recently as June, Yahoo!’s independent directors and management approached Steve Ballmer about just such a transaction, only to be told that Microsoft was no longer interested even in the price range which they had previously proposed. Now Mr. Ballmer and Mr. Icahn have teamed up in an apparent effort to force Yahoo! into selling to Microsoft its Search business at a price to be determined in a future “negotiation” between Mr. Icahn’s directors and Microsoft’s management. We feel very strongly that this would not lead to an outcome that would be in the best interests of Yahoo!’s stockholders. If Microsoft and Mr. Ballmer really want to purchase Yahoo!, we again invite them to make a proposal immediately. And if Mr. Icahn has an actual plan for Yahoo! beyond hoping that Microsoft might actually consummate a deal which they have repeatedly walked away from, we would be very interested in hearing it.
This is a repost from a Cnet news story, Yahoo: We’re ready to do a deal with Microsoft
I heard the news and read a few blogs about the new Microsft Live Search Cashback program where you can get up to 25% of your purchases back if you use Live Search and click on a sponsored listing with the Live Search Cashback Logo.
I was looking at an eBay auction for a HP tc4400 tablet pc and in the auction the owner outlined the steps to take to get cash back.
I went to Live.com, did a search for “cheap tablet pc”. I saw an ad on eBay with the cashback logo. I clicked on it and went to an ebay search page for tablet pc. Once you get into eBay from the cashback link, you can make any purchase and still be eligible for the cashback. I browsed to tablet pc, clicked on my auction, used the buy it now, all throughout the checkout process they assured me that my purchase was eligible. Once I was finished sending payment with Paypal, I was asked to create or link my current Microsoft Live account in order to see my rebate status.
So for an $850 dollar laptop my refund amount is $212…..not bad….
Well my current status says I will receive my rebate in 60 days. I’ll will update this post when I actually receive the money
Tags: livesearch, live cash back
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Windows XP D-Day is 6-8-08.
Monday June 30th 2008 will be the last day that Microsoft will offer Windows XP to the general public. The rumors that Microsoft would extend the date have been proven false. They will, however, continue to support Windows XP until 2014. So XP users needn’t fret that you’ll suddenly be victimized by hackers due to unpatched security flaws. Updates should work exactly as you’re used to them currently through the Windows Update system.
Some exceptions to this are some manufacturers that are making low cost computers that are not powerful enough to run Windows Vista.
There is always eBay, where a search for Windows XP in the Software>Operating Systems category returned almost 800 results.
UPDATE: JAN 29th 2009
I guess this was an overstatement because Windows XP continues to be sold. On new notebooks, netbooks and you can find it in abundance on store shelves, online and on ebay
